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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 9:55 pm
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Originally Posted by hartd
everyone check their emails as the booking confirmations just came to me...


I'm in BUZ on the outbound and PREM+ on the return.
No confo for me yet.

In terms of activities, we have some first-timers and some seasoned Paris veterans. I'm there every 3 months or so (actually have another trip planned for July 1-3) so am not in a hurry to do anything in particular.

I do plan to hit some museums. For those planning to "do" the Louvre, the D'Orsay, the Centre Pompidou, as well as any of the many smaller but interesting museums (I like the medieval one @ Cluny, the Picasso, Cinema, Monnaie=monetary history, Rodin), or do the 1 hour ride to Versailles, the Paris MuseumPass (http://www.parismuseumpass.com/en/pass_tarif.php) costs 30 euro for 2 days, same price as doing just the first three. More importantly, you do not have to stand in line @ the Louvre (it can sometimes stretch 2 hours long). Too late to buy one on-line (10 day A/P), and while CDG has them available at the information counters upon arrival, that is not the case at ORY. But you can buy them at any of the museums that accept the card, so go to one of the smaller museums first where there is no line, buy the card. Or pick one up at a FNAC (that's a French Tower Records or Virgin records type of place). Or your concierge can probably procure one if you are staying at that type of hotel.

The dinner suggestion for Friday sounds OK. My taste in Paris lies more in the Michelin category but I'm all set 1-3 July with three 3-stars (Pierre Gagnaire, Le Pre Catalan and Guy Savoy, and am happy with anything except for that Vegan restaurant that even Gordon Ramsay couldn't fix. Suggestion for Saturday would be to do a "fruit de mer" (seafood/shellfish) restaurant, gorge on various and assorted oysters, clams, prawns, crab claws, etc., etc. Best values are the extra-large "assiettes" and add to that a few bottles of bubbly and a few bottles of white. While some of them can get pricey (Garnier), they are by and large mid-priced and very Parisian.
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